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, J. W. BOWERBANK.

HINGE FOR PAIL LIDS.

No. 476,032. Patented May 31, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFIQE.

HINGE FOR PAIL-LIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 476,032, dated May 31,1892. Application filed September 17, 1891. Serial No. 405,942. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. BOWERBANK, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Hinge for Pail-Lids,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in hinges for the lids of tinpails, and particularly for those used in the transportation of shelledoysters, and has for its object to provide a hinge-joint for the lid ofsuch a receptacle which will be cheap and easy to manufacture, bedurable in service, and that will permit the lid to open and exposenearly the entire area of the pail-top.

To these ends my invention consists in the construction and combinationof parts, as is hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figurel is avertical section of a pail shown broken away below, taken onthe line 1 1 in Fig. 3, a lid in open adjustment thereon, andtheimproved hinge connection therefor. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of apail-body broken away below, taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 3, the lidand improved hinge therefor being shown in closed adjustment by fulllines and in an open position by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofapail, a lid closed and connected'to the pail-body with the improvedhinge-joint, and a hinged bail; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged broken sectionof one joint of the hinge, taken on the line 4 4 in Fig.

The body of the pail A is preferably made cylindrical and is providedwith a bail-handle B, hinged in the usual manner to the ears a, so as tofold laterally and allow the lid 0 to be freely manipulated in openingor closing the top of the pail. In order to stiffen the upper edge ofthe pail-body, it is folded out- Wardly over a wire ring 1), therebyforming a rounded edge externally.

Upon the rim of the pail-body a cap-piece cis secured, which conforms inshape with the wired edge that it is seated upon and has its innermarginal portion straight and preferdimensions with the cap-piece 0, sothat the lid and cap-piece together form a complete cover for the pail.

In the fold of the lid 0 a wire rod g is introduced and secured in thebight of said fold bysolder or equivalent means, the sheet metal of thelid being swaged with a proper tool to cause it to closely embrace therod.

Two perforations at h it (see Fig. 1) are made near the peripheralflange e of the lid C, which perforations are also adjacent to theterminals of the incased wire rod 9 and are designed to allow twohook-bars z to be inserted through the lid at the points indicated. Thehook-bars i are made of wire rod,preferably, and have each an open loopor 'hoolz t" bent on the end'which is allowed to project above the lid0, said hook-shaped portions having a loose engagement with theenveloped wire rod 9 near each end of the same, as shown in Fig 8.

When the parts are assembled to form a hinged connection between the lidand body of the pail, the straight portions of the hookbars 7) aresecured vertically upon the inner surface of the cylindrical side wallof the'pail, as indicated in Fig. 1, which will dispose the hook-bars inparallel planes and provide a hinged connection of the same with the rodg.

When the lid 0 is in open adjustment, the entire top of the pail A isuncovered, exceptthe small portion below the cap-piece 0, therebyaffording ample space for theintroduction or removal of the contents andcleansing of the interior.

It will be seen that all strain of the hingejoint'between the lid andpail-body is sustained by the hook-bars 1', which may be madesubstantial, and thus afford a strong connection of parts which willpermit the lid to close tightly.

For convenience in manipulation a looppiece m is secured on the lid 0near its free edge.

It is evident that the pail-body A may be made of a different form fromthat shown and the lid, of a corresponding shape, be hinged thereto inthe manner hereinbefore ex plained, so as to provide a cheap stronglunged jointbetween these parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a pail-body and its lid, of a transverse rodsecured on the lid at one folded edge thereof and two hook-bars bentinto hook shape at one end, which rods pass loosely through holes in thelid near its edge and near the ends of the Wire rod and are secured tothe pail-body on its interior, having their hooked end portions looselyengaged with t-heincased Wire rod, substantially as described.

JOHN WV. BOWERBANK Witnesses: v

WM. P. PATTON, O. SEDGWIOK.

